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In a country where violence is commonplace, it represents a degree of stability and calm.
But peace in the Afghan province of Khost, is fragile at best.
It's a strategic and crucial region in the battle for control of the country.
In the first of her reports, Zeina Khodr looks at Khost's fragile peace and the man trying to hold that peace together.
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Lying close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, Khost is relatively stable compared to the more troubled south. In the second of our special reports from there, Zeina Khodr explains how the government and its international allies are hoping the elders can be persuaded to play an even more important role.
![Keeping peace in Afghanistan\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/28jMWRsYucU/2.jpg "Keeping peace in Afghanistan\")
